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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSurprised no one's posted this yet re: The Death of Net Neutrality.
Granted, this is an extreme hypothetical.
Or is it?
upaloopa
(11,417 posts)such as EarthLink that would not charge like a Verizon would?
Seems to me they would get the bulk of the business from Internet users.
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On edit I used to have satellite service but that was with dial up in the boonies.
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)And designed to force you to pay for shit you don't really want.
Our only hope is that one of the players refused to play the game and continues to offer unconstrained Internet.
Recommended, with sadness.
HughBeaumont
(24,461 posts)They tried to keep everyone in their crappy dial-up black boxes and made going to the outside difficult?
Eventually, I just aced them and went with a local ISP until I got broadband. Hope WOW doesn't pull this shit.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)when the courts allowed the telecoms to "tier" their service...I knew back then this day was eventually coming, especially with a weak, toothless FCC...
ananda
(28,860 posts)They'll price us to death.
lpbk2713
(42,757 posts)Not a whole lot better than ISDN or dial-up IMO.
ManiacJoe
(10,136 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Sources: Charter approaches Comcast on a bid for Time Warner Cable - @ReutersBiz